Press release · Allostasis · 2026.11.09Press release · Allostasis · 11.09
Kristoffer Lislegaard
Norwegian Producer Escapes the Algorithms with Tape and Modular Synthesis
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Norwegian Producer Escapes the Algorithms with Tape and Modular Synthesis
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Kristoffer Lislegaard Releases “Allostasis” – Experimental Electronic Album Recorded Off the Grid
- Album Out 20th November 2026 | Single “Halocline” Out 9th November 2026
- Vinyl & Download Only: Bandcamp, Mirlo, Tiger Record Shop
- No Streaming Platforms
- Release Concert: Mir, Oslo, 22nd November 2026
OSLO – Norwegian electronic producer and audiovisual artist Kristoffer Lislegaard releases “Allostasis” on 20th November 2026, an experimental electronic album exploring burnout, technology fatigue, and the search for more tactile, human ways of making music. The album will not be available on Spotify or any streaming platform. Instead, it will be released on vinyl and digitally outside the algorithms, through Bandcamp, Mirlo, and Tiger Record Shop.
The lead single “Halocline” arrives on 9th November 2026 with a cymatics music visualiser, offering an early look at the album’s sound and visual world.
The Album: Logging Off to Find Sound
Following a period of burnout and exhaustion from long hours in front of screens and an overwhelming stream of online news, Lislegaard deliberately stepped away from the computer. For a year, he worked without a computer in the studio, using modular synthesisers, hardware, and an old Tascam 238 cassette recorder. He then spent four months selecting, organising, and reworking the strongest material.
Side A is built from collages of melodies, textures, and loops drawn from his cassette recordings. Side B presents two unaltered live recordings, taken straight from tape.
“I needed to log off for a bit,” Lislegaard explains. “The same screen that is my studio also provides the things I am trying to escape. So I set up an ‘analog corner’ at the far end of the studio, where the internet could not reach me unless I invited it in.”
“The same screen that is my studio also provides the things I am trying to escape.”
Kristoffer Lislegaard
Anti-Algorithm Release Strategy
Allostasis is released without streaming, on vinyl and digitally, as a deliberate statement on Big Tech and the attention economy. The vinyl is produced by Tiger, a local Norwegian record shop with worldwide shipping, and the album is available through Bandcamp and Mirlo, a co-op born out of the Bandcamp sale controversy. Tiger’s vinyl edition includes a download code.
Campaign Extras
The album will be supported by a series of live music videos, process footage, and a 25-minute documentary, offering a rich visual and editorial story for media partners.
Single Details
- Single
- “Halocline” (with cymatics music visualiser)
- Release Date
- 9th November 2026
- Album
- Allostasis
- Album Release Date
- 20th November 2026
- Formats
- Vinyl, digital (Bandcamp, Mirlo, Tiger Record Shop). No streaming.
- Release Concert
- Mir, Oslo, 22nd November 2026
About Kristoffer Lislegaard
Kristoffer Lislegaard is a Norwegian electronic musician and audiovisual artist based in Oslo. Formerly one half of Norwegian electronic duo Sgrow, he has built a reputation within the international experimental electronic community, with coverage from DJ Mag, Electronic Sounds Magazine, and Clash. His solo albums were released in 2022 and 2024.
Lislegaard is an experienced live performer who has supported Autechre at Sentrum Scene and performed at Ekko Festival, Black Box Teater, Dansens Hus, and Moldejazz. He has composed for contemporary dance, theatre, film, and installations, and is known for projects such as Øy, a duo with tap dancer Janne Eraker in which Eraker’s tap dance is fed into his setup to control and affect electronic sounds in real time.
He is part of the BeYourOwnPlatform movement, sharing his process through his blog, newsletter, self-hosted live streaming platform Lislegaard.stream, and DIY video documentaries.
Credits
Composed, produced, and mixed by Kristoffer Lislegaard at Metronomicon Audio, Oslo
Mastered by Christian Obermayer
Cover image by Kristoffer Lislegaard
Vinyl graphic design by Sofie Søndervik Sæther
Vinyl produced by Tiger
Supported by Komponistenes vederlagsfond and NOPA